Maybe that’s part of the reason why he was limited to just 4:28 minutes of playing time in the first period of Thursday’s game.

Wideman is wrapping up a four-year/$15,750,000 deal and given that he only turned 29 on March 20, he should be in line for a very lucrative long-term contract. A bad playoff run might hurt him, but we’ve seen GMs overlook worse than that in the rush to land big name talent. However, what a poor showing over the Capitals playoff run is more likely to do is close the door to a potential contract extension.

Already it seems unlikely that he’ll stay in Washington, given how much his role has decreased since the playoff started.

Minnesota Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk has been the most difficult goalies to score against this season. Leave it to a high-level player like Leon Draisaitl to make it look this, well, “easy.”

Draisaitl scored his 13th goal of 2016-17 by capping this pretty give-and-go play with Benoit Pouliot. You can see the frustration from Dubnyk at the end of the tally, as if he was saying “How was I supposed to stop that?” (though probably with more colorful language).

Draisaitl came into Friday with five goals and three assists in his last five games, so he’s been almost unstoppable lately.